30 March 2011
Phantasms from the 1990s are upon us: no-fly zones; the rhetoric of humanitarian war in Washington, Europe and the UN; guarantees that no US ground troops will be deployed; an air war which alone cannot decisively affect earthbound events. Tarak Barkawi comments. Read more about The language of liberal war
29 March 2011
Kiss front-man Gene Simmons, who was born Chaim Witz near Haifa, recently opened that mouth to call artists boycotting Israel “fools.” Alexander Billet comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about The foolish side of the cultural boycott line
28 March 2011
A remarkable and damning January 2009 diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks paints an ugly picture of crude pragmatism in Israeli-Azerbaijani relations. Jimmy Johnson comments. Read more about Palestinian rights don't factor into Israel-Azerbaijan relations
24 March 2011
The 15 March mass mobilizations in the West Bank and Gaza came and went. But did they achieve what they set out to do? Safa Joudeh comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about March 15 and the roots of our struggle
23 March 2011
Radical change in Egypt should mean radical change in Palestine as well: a pro-Palestine Egypt should mean the end of the siege. But when will we see that? Haidar Eid comments for The Electronic Intifada on the future of Egyptian-Palestinian relationship. Read more about Palestine and the Egyptian revolution: a view from Gaza
22 March 2011
Today on World Water Day, we call on those concerned with water rights to support the boycott, divestment and sanctions call to hold Israel responsible for its violations of international law. Read more about On World Water Day, support the academic boycott call
22 March 2011
Discourses of “aid,” “development” and “reconstruction” shield Israel’s ongoing occupation and colonial project. Samer Abdelnour analyzes. Read more about Aid industry doing no harm in Palestine?
18 March 2011
A trade mission of the US government in partnership with a settlement-based aerospace and consulting firm raises questions about why Washington is promoting the Israeli arms trade and why it is doing so with a firm based in an illegal colony which explicitly contradicts official US policy as well as international law. Read more about US promoting arms trade mission organized by settlement firm
17 March 2011
Last month witnessed the launch of the first Polish-Israeli governmental forum held in occupied Jerusalem. The biannual dialogue accelerates an existing partnership between the two countries which includes trade agreements, joint military training exercises and arms deals under an ongoing “Polonization of Israeli Technology” drive. Ewa Jasiewicz comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Bad romance: Poland and Israel's "love story"
15 March 2011
After hearing that the New York City LGBT Center was planning to host Israeli Apartheid Week’s final celebratory fundraiser, “Party to End Apartheid,” gay porn director Michael Lucas made some phone calls, sent some emails and spent upwards of $1,000 to pressure the center to close their “open doors policy” and cancel the event. Anna Lekas Miller comments for The Electronic Intifada Read more about Palestine is a queer issue